Leucothoe (plant)

For other uses of the name, see Leucothoe (disambiguation).

Leucothoe
Leucothoe racemosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Leucothoe D.Don
Species
See text.

Leucothoe is a genus of about 45 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to Asia, the Americas and Madagascar.

They are shrubs growing to 1-3 m tall, either deciduous or evergreen depending on species. The leaves are alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 2-15 cm long. The flowers are produced in racemes 3-15 cm long, each flower bell-shaped, 4-20 mm long, white or occasionally pink.

Selected species

• Leucothoe axillaris (Coastal Doghobble; southeastern United States)
• Leucothoe davisiae (black laurel; Sierra Nevada, northern California & Oregon)
• Leucothoe fontanesiana (Highland Doghobble or Drooping Leucothoe; southeastern United States)
• Leucothoe grayana (Japan)
• Leucothoe griffithiana (eastern Himalaya, southwest China)^[1]
• Leucothoe keiskei (Japan)
• Leucothoe populifolia (southeastern United States)
• Leucothoe racemosa (Swamp Doghobble or Sweetbells; eastern United States)
• Leucothoe recurva (Redtwig Doghobble; southeastern United States)
• Leucothoe tonkinensis (southern China, northern Vietnam)^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Leucothoe D. Don". Flora of China. http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118461. 

External links

• Leucothoe fontanesiana images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu

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